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2025 VINTAGES BUYERS GUIDE TO JUNE 7
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Celebrate Canada Day
the best buy Cab Franc at the LCBO
Inniskillin Reserve Cabernet Franc 2022
JUST-RELEASED BEST BUY AT $19.95
Ripe, Bright, Plum-Cassis-Raspberry *** (90-points) - #17290
To celebrate 50-years, this just-released 2022 features a one-time special $19.95 price vs the regular $29.95. Deep intense purple colour, it has an attractive, ripe, plum-raspberry-cassis nose with refined cedary notes. Dry, medium-plus bodied, bright, ripe, plum-cassis-black-cherry flavours followed up a lingering, well textured, gently toasty finish. Showing very well now, this tasty crowd-pleaser was aged in a mix of French and American barrels for 14 months. Very limited production so lay away what you need asap.
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BEST BUY ONTARIO SPARKLERS
TOP SCORING BEST BUYS - EXPERTS BLIND TASTING
33 Ontario sparkling wines - June 5 annual COVII event
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RECOMMENDED BEST BUY
A REALLY COOL NEW BORDEAUX WHITE
Château de Fontenille Blanc 2023
Bright, Ripe, Yellow Grapefruit *** (90-points) - $23.96 - #140046
Bright pale yellow colour. Attractive, intense, fairly complex, slightly spicy, minerally, fresh cut straw nose with lots of yellow grapefruit notes. Dry, medium-plusl bodied, well structured, ripe, faintly tropical, bright, grapefruit flavours with a lingering, well-textured, minerally, crisp, unoaked finish. This very tasty crowd-pleaser would be perfect with oysters, seafood and sushi. This at-peak blend of 50% Sauvignon Blanc, 20% Sauvignon Gris, 20% Muscadelle and 10% Semillon has 13% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar. Agent: Kolonaki Wines
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A TRULY CLASSIC CHIANTI
Antinori Badia a Passignano Gran Selezione Chianti Classico 2021
JUNE 7 VINTAGES RELEASE - 384552 - $78.95
Intense, Harmonious, Ripe ***/***+ (94-points)
This 100% Sangiovese has a deep intense red colour. Intense, complex, gently earthy, youthful, Damson plum nose with some faint herbal notes. Dry, medium-full bodied, fairly extracty, well structured, intense, ripe, expansive, Damson-plum-red-cherry flavours with a lingering, complex, gently cedary, cassis-tinged finish. Has 14.5% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar.
Agent: Halpern Enterprises
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